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The guy doing that posts on SA. I'm not overly confident about the project. He seems really resistant to the idea of terrain playing a part in the battles of an SRPG. So everything will be on a flat grid, with maybe a few impassable squares.

He seems really resistant to the idea of terrain playing a part in the battles of an SRPG.

but

In SRPGs you

What

Kinda depends on what specifically you're referring to with terrain. Like, in the old shining force games the terrain bonus for standing on different types of terrain was pretty unimportant and could mostly be ignored. Moving tactically around impassable terrain and bridges and whatnot was pretty important though.

if you and somebody just made out with the same person you were "second cousins", and so on progressing up to sleeping with someone where you were "brothers and sisters"

like, at one point this guy and girl yelled "brother and sister!!!" while hugging and pointed towards another girl (presumably the girl they've both slept with) and she went "WOOO!!" and everyone cheered at the table

He seems really resistant to the idea of terrain playing a part in the battles of an SRPG.

but

In SRPGs you

What

Kinda depends on what specifically you're referring to with terrain. Like, in the old shining force games the terrain bonus for standing on different types of terrain was pretty unimportant and could mostly be ignored. Moving tactically around impassable terrain and bridges and whatnot was pretty important though.

Yeah, but if he's not doing something as simple as 'high ground' or 'it's hard to shoot arrows at people in a forest' then it's kinda.. well.. dumb.

Terrain will be a factor especially with some characters taking up four squares but we won't have elevation changes, instead focusing more on positioning than height or facing bonuses.

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The board will be alterable to have squares blocked off (like those with rocks) or be shaped by bottlenecks or larger obstacles on the field.

This prompted somebody to ask:

So elevation, environment, cover, etc. won't be a factor in battles? That seems pretty shallow, and the combat shown in the trailer wasn't very reassuring either. What are you doing that justifies calling this "pretty deep strategy"?

We may look into ways to add some other interest to the field. I think the point about height having an effect on the perception of the world is a legitimate one but we'll have to weigh that against the resources we have and how much this would impact production. In short, I absolutely agree but it could be very expensive for us.

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if you and somebody just made out with the same person you were "second cousins", and so on progressing up to sleeping with someone where you were "brothers and sisters"

like, at one point this guy and girl yelled "brother and sister!!!" while hugging and pointed towards another girl (presumably the girl they've both slept with) and she went "WOOO!!" and everyone cheered at the table

Also called Berner Sennenhund or Bouvier Bernois, the origin of the Bernese Mountain Dog breed is not well documented, but many believe they are descendent of the molossus war dogs, a mastiff type dogs brought to Switzerland over 2,000 years ago by the Romans legions.

Terrain will be a factor especially with some characters taking up four squares but we won't have elevation changes, instead focusing more on positioning than height or facing bonuses.

...

The board will be alterable to have squares blocked off (like those with rocks) or be shaped by bottlenecks or larger obstacles on the field.

This prompted somebody to ask:

So elevation, environment, cover, etc. won't be a factor in battles? That seems pretty shallow, and the combat shown in the trailer wasn't very reassuring either. What are you doing that justifies calling this "pretty deep strategy"?

We may look into ways to add some other interest to the field. I think the point about height having an effect on the perception of the world is a legitimate one but we'll have to weigh that against the resources we have and how much this would impact production. In short, I absolutely agree but it could be very expensive for us.

if you and somebody just made out with the same person you were "second cousins", and so on progressing up to sleeping with someone where you were "brothers and sisters"

like, at one point this guy and girl yelled "brother and sister!!!" while hugging and pointed towards another girl (presumably the girl they've both slept with) and she went "WOOO!!" and everyone cheered at the table

honestly i couldnt make this shit up if i tried

Whaaaaat

They should get it right and properly refer to each other as eskimo brothers and sisters.

if you and somebody just made out with the same person you were "second cousins", and so on progressing up to sleeping with someone where you were "brothers and sisters"

like, at one point this guy and girl yelled "brother and sister!!!" while hugging and pointed towards another girl (presumably the girl they've both slept with) and she went "WOOO!!" and everyone cheered at the table

if you and somebody just made out with the same person you were "second cousins", and so on progressing up to sleeping with someone where you were "brothers and sisters"

like, at one point this guy and girl yelled "brother and sister!!!" while hugging and pointed towards another girl (presumably the girl they've both slept with) and she went "WOOO!!" and everyone cheered at the table

if you and somebody just made out with the same person you were "second cousins", and so on progressing up to sleeping with someone where you were "brothers and sisters"

like, at one point this guy and girl yelled "brother and sister!!!" while hugging and pointed towards another girl (presumably the girl they've both slept with) and she went "WOOO!!" and everyone cheered at the table

honestly i couldnt make this shit up if i tried

There is no emoticon in Vanilla to summarize my response to this social practice and lingo they've cooked up